Just a running fool!: A trail running marathon 7 1/2 years later...

Bonjour,

A 7 1/2 years gap between two blog posts... Cannot say I have been very active here lately... I left this blog when I was an expat in Thailand and I thought about it again yesterday, now that I am living in Prague, Czech Republic. In-between there has been Myanmar and Cambodia and many runs in many different places.

Yesterday, while running on some beautiful Czech trails, I was feeling very lucky and grateful to be able to enjoy being there and thought that it would be cool to post about this run. So, here I am...

I enjoyed this run so much that the initially planned 25 km became 35 km and then - as I thought I would later feel disappointed not to complete a marathon, 42 km and the requested additional few metres...

I took the trail from Praha hlavní nádraží to Davle. It takes less than 45 minutes to get there for about 30 km and it cost me 54 CZK. Trains - like other public transports in Czech Republic - are rather cheap and very reliable. They are also - at least for metros and trains - bikes friendly, so getting the train is a great and easy way to get away from Prague to run or cycle back. Same thing, I have enjoyed several time to cycle to some random train station away from Prague and to get the train back. Just be aware that it costs a bit more to get the bike on the train but it is really not much.

So when exiting the train station in Davle, it is super easy. There is a post with the signs showing the various paths that are available. I took the red one to the right. The first part is on a road following the river and then there is a right turn across the railways and a a few of hectometres before taking right - still following the red trail - to start the first climb.

Signs when exiting the train station

I had mapped my map prior to my run on Mapy.cz and it was super easy to follow it. There were not many turns to take. Here is the Link to my Strava.

Altogether it was a nice run, not too difficult. There are a few climbs but there are not very good or too tough. This run is a good mix of trails, forest paths and small roads. I enjoyed it but I was a bit disappointed not to be closer from the river to be able to enjoy the views more. There was in fact only one time where I was able to take some pics. After a few kilometres from the start, there is some kind of tower for electricity. It cannot be missed as there are big wires coming from the valley and around this tower there is a small path that leads to a place where the view over the Vlata (Vlata river) is great.

Although I was not able to see the Vlata much, the nature was absolutely beautiful and I was lucky to see some animals, including a snake! It reminded me of my runs in Thailand, but I guess this snake was not as dangerous as back then!...